[meteorite-list] NP Article, 05-1939 Goose lake Meteorite Found
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV97NwBIkYaFc000170a8_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C32542.F389A7E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Reno Gazette =20 City: Reno, Nevada =20 Date: Thursday, May 04, 1939 Page: 16 METEOR IS FOUND IN MODOC LAVA COUNTRY OAKLAND, Calif., May 4 (AP) - Three scientists fought their way along a s= even-mile mountainside trail of boulders and fallen trees in far-northern= California today to bring out what they called "the finest specimen of m= eteorite ever found on the Pacific coast." It weighed 1 1/2 tons. Prof. Earle G. Linsley, director of Chabot observatory here, sent word fr= om the isolated area in the Modoc national forest, five miles south of th= e Oregon line, that the meteor would arrive here by truck Saturday. The tall, sandy-haired scientists, in terming the meteorite the "finest s= pecimen" found on the coast, estimated it fell one thousand years ago. Th= e ground beneath it was not dented, and Prof. Linsley theorized the meteo= rite fell when glaciers covered the area, and settled gently as the ice m= elted. He said it would be known as the "Goose Lake" meteorite because it was di= scovered in the Goose Lake area forty miels from Alturas, Calif. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------- One of the largest meteorites ever found in the United States has been di= scoverd in the barren lava county of Modoc National forest in northern Ca= lifornia, officials of the United States forest service reported today. W= eighing between one and three tons, the solid metal body takes a place am= ong the nation's seven largest known meteors. The wedge shaped mass is re= ported to vary from one to three feet in width and is four feet long. C. A. Schmidt of Oakland made the find last October while deer hunting on= the Modoc forest with two companions. He confided his discovery to fores= t service officers and since than a number of scientists and representati= ves of the scientific institutes have become interested in the fallen bod= y. The Smithsonian Institute of Washington, D. C. has taken a particular = interest in the discovery since all meteorites found on government land b= ecome the property of the institute. It was believed that considerable di= fficulty will be met in hauling the heavy object to civilization. Schmidt, accompanied by Professor Earle G. Lindsley of Mills College and = Chabot Observatory, Oakland, and Dr. H. H. Nininger, scientist and outsta= nding meteor authority from Denver, Colo. packed in to the wilderness lav= a beds this week to study the meteorite. The party is being assisted by f= orest service rangers. Preliminary analysis shows that the meteorite is composed largely of iron= . The extent of surface oxidation is said to be quite limited, indicating= that the body had gallen in geologically recent years. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C32542.F389A7E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Reno Gazette </P> <P>City: Reno, Nevada </P> <P>Date: Thursd= ay, May 04, 1939</P> <P>Page: 16</P></B> <P> </P> <P>METEOR IS FOUND= IN MODOC LAVA COUNTRY</P> <P> </P> <P>OAKLAND, Calif., May 4 (AP) -= Three scientists fought their way along a seven-mile mountainside trail = of boulders and fallen trees in far-northern California today to bring ou= t what they called "the finest specimen of meteorite ever found on the Pa= cific coast." It weighed 1 1/2 tons.</P> <P>Prof. Earle G. Linsley, direc= tor of Chabot observatory here, sent word from the isolated area in the M= odoc national forest, five miles south of the Oregon line, that the meteo= r would arrive here by truck Saturday.</P> <P>The tall, sandy-haired scie= ntists, in terming the meteorite the "finest specimen" found on the coast= , estimated it fell one thousand years ago. The ground beneath it was not= dented, and Prof. Linsley theorized the meteorite fell when glaciers cov= ered the area, and settled gently as the ice melted.</P> <P>He said it wo= uld be known as the "Goose Lake" meteorite because it was discovered in t= he Goose Lake area forty miels from Alturas, Calif.</P> <P>--------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------</P> <P>One of the largest meteorites ever = found in the United States has been discoverd in the barren lava county o= f Modoc National forest in northern California, officials of the United S= tates forest service reported today. Weighing between one and three tons,= the solid metal body takes a place among the nation's seven largest know= n meteors. The wedge shaped mass is reported to vary from one to three fe= et in width and is four feet long.</P> <P>C. A. Schmidt of Oakland made t= he find last October while deer hunting on the Modoc forest with two comp= anions. He confided his discovery to forest service officers and since th= an a number of scientists and representatives of the scientific institute= s have become interested in the fallen body. The Smithsonian Institute of= Washington, D. C. has taken a particular interest in the discovery since= all meteorites found on government land become the property of the insti= tute. It was believed that considerable difficulty will be met in hauling= the heavy object to civilization.</P> <P>Schmidt, accompanied by Profess= or Earle G. Lindsley of Mills College and Chabot Observatory, Oakland, an= d Dr. H. H. Nininger, scientist and outstanding meteor authority from Den= ver, Colo. packed in to the wilderness lava beds this week to study the m= eteorite. The party is being assisted by forest service rangers.</P> <P>P= reliminary analysis shows that the meteorite is composed largely of iron.= The extent of surface oxidation is said to be quite limited, indicating = that the body had gallen in geologically recent years.</P></FONT><FONT fa= ce=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.co= m, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY><= /HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C32542.F389A7E0-- Received on Wed 28 May 2003 06:59:58 PM PDT |
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